adobe
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They show O’Keeffe’s favored back view, and the beguilingly spare, almost biomorphic forms of its massive adobe buttresses, along with the subtle shadows, that make that completely understandable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
O’Keeffe was quite distinctive—and here at her best—in her paintings of adobe buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Eventually, however, the lush commons became something like adobe hills.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
A wealthy resident, Bernhard Hoffmann, not only bought and restored the historic adobe Casa de la Guerra downtown, Rech said, but bought property next to it and built a complex of shops called El Paseo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2025
Across the highway in the ghost town Amarante Cordova’s light glowed softly from the open door of his crumbling adobe.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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